Tigst Assefa once again stamped her dominance on the women’s race at the 2026 London Marathon, repeating her success of last year and breaking her own women-only world records on the streets of the capital.

Ethiopian Tigst Assefa won the London Marathon in a world record for a women's only race, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe took the men's title to further his argument as the world's top male marathoner. Assefa clocked an unofficial 2 hours, 15 minutes, 50 ...

LONDON, ENGLAND, April 26 — On a day when the 2-hour barrier was broken in the men’s marathon, Tigst Assefa’s women-only WR of 2:15:41 was put slightly in the shade but that certainly shouldn’t be a slight on her superb run.

Just days after its launch, Adidas’s new 97-gram running shoe is a London Marathon record breaker. Sabastian Sawe powered his way to a sub-two-hour marathon in the new “Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3”.

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia ​broke her own ‌women's only world record in winning ​the London ​Marathon on Sunday.

New marathon world record holder Sabastian Sawe brushed aside suggestions his Adidas "super shoes" amounted to "mechanical doping" on Monday as he basked in the glow of becoming the first man to break the two-hour barrier in an official race.

London Marathon 2026 saw records broken, but one pair of shoes stood up among the pairs worn by the elites this year: the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3.

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia set a new women's only world record at the London Marathon, finishing in 2:15.41. She surpassed her previous record, also set in London, in a race against strong contenders Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei,

(Corrects spelling of Tigst Assefa's first name in paragraph 8) April 27 (Reuters) - German sportswear maker Adidas' shares rose on Monday after Kenya's Sabastian Sawe became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in an official race,